Tendencias Creativas, WindEurope, Addit3D, BIEMH and Egurtek receive ‘Full Internationality’ 

Bilbao Exhibition Centre has obtained official recognition from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism through its Trade Secretary of State, for five of the trade fairs on its programme with the seal of full internationality. This was recently certified in the Official State Gazette (BOE) in the Official Calendar of International Trade Fairs for 2022, an annual publication in which the BEC accredits the certificate of Full Internationality for five of its scheduled events or Internationality for customs purposes for three of them. This recognition emphasises one of the BEC’s hallmarks, namely the international projection of a large number of its events. It is also of great value as it is the certification required by regional and sectoral associations and institutions to grant aid for participation in national trade fairs.

The designation of Full Internationality brings together those fairs that meet a series of criteria set by the Ministry; these include having held at least three editions of the event and having 10% of foreign exhibitors or 5% of foreign visitors. Certified fairs must also have the support of the sector, work with new technologies and have a favourable report from the Territorial Trade Directorate and ICEX. In this category of Full Internationality would be the crafts fair Tendencias Creativas, the first event on the calendar, which will take place between 3 and 6 February; and the professional fairs WindEurope, one of the benchmark events of the European Wind Energy Association, scheduled for 5 to 7 April; Addit3D, the additive manufacturing and 3D fair, which will coincide with the BIEMH-International Machine Tool Biennial, from 13 to 17 June; and Egurtek, the International Forum on Architecture and Construction in Wood, which will take place from 19 to 20 October.

In addition to the aforementioned requirements, fairs that present the certificate of Full Internationality have a series of customs facilities, so that participating companies arriving from outside the European Union can temporarily exhibit their products without having to pay customs duties.

The same benefit also applies to fairs that fall into the group Internationality for customs purposes. This second group includes the fairs open to the general public, Gustoko, scheduled for 4 to 6 March, and Expovacaciones, which will take place from 6 to 8 May; and, together with them, the event aimed at the industrial application of digital technologies, to be held from 13 to 17 June, BeDIGITAL.